Effect of tubing length on the dispersion correction of an arterially sampled input function for kinetic modeling in

Jim O'Doherty1, Anna Chilcott, Joel Dunn

  • 1aPET Imaging Centre, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, King's Health Partners, St Thomas' Hospital, London bRadiation Physics and Protection, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK.

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